Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 2152 - 2153: Departure

However, for some reason, Lorna did not explain her intentions; she only exchanged a glance with Feng Yuan, filled with complicated emotions, turned away, and chose not to look at him again.

Scratching his head, Feng Yuan inexplicably found Lorna’s gaze somewhat familiar, yet he couldn’t recall where he had seen it before. Moreover, he couldn’t remember any past interaction with Lorna, even though he felt that their previous encounter with Gladys when they met Lorna was not their first meeting.

Still, no matter what, he couldn’t recall any contact with Lorna during the Mythical Era.

Veronia had no idea what transpired between the two, but instinct told it that there was something unusual, and the issue wasn’t with Feng Yuan, but with Lorna. What exactly had she done?

Perhaps Feng Yuan hadn’t noticed, but Veronia was very aware that in the complexity of Lorna’s gaze lay a deeply hidden guilt, akin to the one it harbored for someone...

Shaking its head slightly, Veronia decided not to dwell on it further. Though many years had passed and it was slowly moving on with Feng Yuan’s help, it was clear that its guilt towards him and towards those people was something it could never forget.

After handling the corresponding area in the Netherworld, Feng Yuan opened a passage and returned to Kui Shan Town. Standing at the village entrance, he gazed back at the village and sighed. The loss of heritage for the people here might actually be a good thing, as long as that related information doesn’t get leaked...

Thinking about this made Feng Yuan scratch his head in frustration. Since it involved him, it was necessary to keep it a secret, but the commotion caused by the Netherworld Obelisk could not go unexplained. Moreover, up to that point, they were still unsure if something else had yet to be triggered.

Besides...

Thinking about those people still being alive, Feng Yuan momentarily hesitated. Should he seek them out, and what should he say if they met?

Forget it, just take it one step at a time.

Sighing inwardly, Feng Yuan realized that he wasn’t as capable of letting things go as he imagined. Thinking about having to make excuses, he simply stood there with his eyes closed to rest his mind.

After a while, Liao Yu and Ye Hanlei concluded their preliminary investigation. Seeing Feng Yuan standing at the village entrance, the two exchanged a puzzled glance, not quite understanding what Feng Yuan was doing. Before they could speak, Feng Yuan slowly opened his eyes and asked,

"Is your investigation basically over?"

"Yes, there are no useful clues. It’s puzzling, as if the cultural heritage of Kui Shan Town somehow has a gap, yet it doesn’t seem right to say the current people are outsiders."

Nodding, Liao Yu glanced at Feng Yuan, trying to discern something from his face, but Feng Yuan only shook his head and said,

"Just as I thought, they have no intention of passing down those things."

"Those things?"

"The technology and relics of the Mythical Era. If they were truly passed down, that statue wouldn’t have caused such a commotion. Although some aspects remain unclear, it’s certain that this incident was merely an accident, not the result of a scheme spanning thousands of years."

Saying this calmly, Feng Yuan chuckled to himself. Few people like Quine, who spent thousands of years orchestrating such schemes, existed—or rather, most intelligent beings found it difficult to ensure that such long-term plans wouldn’t encounter unforeseen events.

Ultimately, Quine’s success was more of a miracle, maintained solely through belief.

Feng Yuan was certain that the current plan had undergone significant changes compared to the original; otherwise, time would have shown them how disruptive unexpected events could be.

Such a possibility didn’t exist for Kui Shan Town, as even their descendants had already forgotten these matters. With no one maintaining it, Feng Yuan didn’t believe a miracle would occur.

Moreover, the other side had no reason to do it.

Ye Hanlei and Liao Yu didn’t completely buy into Feng Yuan’s words. Even after his additional explanation, they sensed that he was hiding something.

However, they had no intention to pry further. All they needed was to report the findings, leaving the higher-ups to worry about the importance of Feng Yuan’s secrets.

As for digging in deeper?

Sorry, neither Ye Hanlei nor Liao Yu entertained such thoughts. They were well aware that some secrets only brought trouble without benefit, and clearly, the peculiar ancestors of Kui Shan Town hid precisely these troublesome and dangerous secrets.

Whether Feng Yuan’s claim of lost heritage was true or not was hard to say, but they both had a hunch that even if true, Kui Shan Town would still face turmoil during this time.

After contemplating, Liao Yu asked Feng Yuan,

"Do you think Kui Shan Town is safe now?"

"Hmm, are you suggesting that emergency measures should be lifted? That’s your business; it has nothing to do with me. However, no matter where those people are, they’ll likely be harassed for a while."

Startled, Feng Yuan spread his hands as he thought of something. Although he was sure that those things hadn’t been passed down, whether others believed it was uncertain.

After all, the Mythical Era differed from other times. The existence of Divine Beings added a mythic quality in the eyes of ordinary people, and given incomplete records, many believed that during the Mythical Era, ordinary people possessed methods to ascend to deity status.

Though the modern world had Beastmasters who could enhance their strength by taming Beasts, in comparison to Divine Beings, Beastmasters were somewhat lacking.

Of course, knowing the truth, Feng Yuan harbored no nostalgia for the Mythical Era; Divine Beings, despite the human aspect in their name, never regarded themselves as human.

Liao Yu didn’t expect Feng Yuan to have considered so much. He understood Feng Yuan’s words, but even higher authorities had no solutions.

For some, Mythical Era technology posed a fatal temptation. Though knowing it was improbable, the mere non-zero possibility drove them to attempt it.

However, Feng Yuan believed others wouldn’t let them act recklessly, and even the Divine Beasts would likely suppress it.

Not as a favor to Feng Yuan, but because Agunas had learned from Feng Yuan that these people might still be alive.

Even Feng Yuan didn’t know the extent of their technology, but it was certain they could breach the barriers between the real world and the Netherworld, and potentially the Yin World. Such capability demanded attention.

To prevent irrational actions from these people, it naturally couldn’t tolerate excessively hostile actions toward the people of Kui Shan Town.

As for complete prevention?

There’s truly no way, akin to how it couldn’t stop that guy. Even if it strictly forbade them from acting, it wouldn’t be entirely effective. To these individuals, even Divine Beasts weren’t beyond antagonism to achieve their goals.

All things considered, partial restrictions allowing actions within limits might be more effective.

After all, unless absolutely necessary, those individuals wouldn’t lightly challenge the Divine Beasts.

Feng Yuan had already learned what he wanted to know, and Liao Yu and the others had completed their investigation, even receiving some unreliable good news from Feng Yuan. Thus, they didn’t linger, casting a final glance at the inconspicuous Kui Mountain before Feng Yuan followed Liao Yu and Ye Hanlei back to Maomu City.

In the Netherworld, Long Boduo relayed the situation to other Netherworld Divine Beasts. Gathered in a region corresponding to Kui Shan Town within the Netherworld Domain, their expressions were grim.

They had been beaten back before, but they never expected that those people had twisted parts of the Netherworld Domain’s correspondence with the real world.

With Feng Yuan’s departure, his unique aura dissipated, and the distorted correspondence reappeared. Now, neither Long Boduo nor the other Divine Beasts could open a Netherworld Passage leading to Kui Shan Town; instead, it led to an area above the Black Sea.

Ultimately, the Divine Beasts merely settled on focusing their patrols on this location, disregarding the Netherworld Obelisk’s mutation.

Sealed in the Netherworld, it was left unattended, similar to this area. As long as there was no destruction in the real world, the antics in the Netherworld were inconsequential.

After all, the Netherworld had ample territory to allow for destruction, which mattered little to these Divine Beasts.

As long as the world’s stability remained intact, they had little interest in meddling in matters deemed as their jurisdiction by humans.